The effect of physical activity on dementia

Kouloutbani, Komanthi; Karteroliotis, Konstantinos; Politis, Anastasios

doi:10.22365/jpsych.2019.302.142

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“…As cognitive function is an important criterion for diagnosing dementia [4,15], it was confirmed that the cognitive/exercise dual-task program improves cognitive function and helps in the prevention of dementia. This was consistent with the results of the previous studies reporting that exercise programs for the elderly had a positive effect on cognitive function or dementia prevention [5,6,9,15].…”

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“…As the elderly age, their subjective or objective memory is significantly reduced, and they experience difficulties in daily life activities and social life [4,5]. Similar to Alzheimer's disease, it was reported that not only decreased cognitive function, but also problems of parietal and temporal lobe areas of the brain are shown in simple perceptual tasks, thereby resulting in decreased spatio-temporal compositional ability and motor perception problems [5,6]. In addition, it was found that with decreased cognitive function, muscle mass and muscle strength also decreased [4].…”

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“…Based on the results of the previous studies, various nonpharmacological interventions have been attempted to improve the cognitive and physical conditions of the elderly and manage the progression of dementia [2,[4][5][6]9,[14][15][16]. In particular, cognitive or exercise programs are being developed in various disciplines, such as medicine, psychology, rehabilitation, and sports [2,[6][7][8]13,15]. However, most of them were single-task interventions, and the subjects were the elderly in the community, or the elderly admitted to nursing homes.…”

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Effects of Cognitive/Exercise Dual-Task Program on the Cognitive Function, Health Status, Depression, and Life Satisfaction of the Elderly Living in the Community

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The elderly population in Korea is rapidly increasing. It is necessary to develop multi-faceted and complex interventions for prevention and delay of dementia, balance improvement, and physical activity, among the elderly living in the community. This study aimed to examine the effects of the cognitive/exercise dual-task program on cognitive function, health status, depression, and life satisfaction of the elderly living in the community. A quasi-experimental study design using a pretest-posttest control group was employed. The study included a total of 65 elderly participants (intervention: n = 32, control: n = 33) in Seoul, South Korea. The cognitive/exercise dual-task program as an intervention was composed of 20 sessions for a total of 10 weeks, held twice a week for about 50 min each session. Measures were general characteristics of study participants, the Korean version of Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE-K), Korean elderly health status assessment tool, Korean version of Geriatric Depression Scale, and the elderly life satisfaction scale. Data were collected from October 2020 to March 2021. There were statistically significant differences on cognitive function, health status, depression, and life satisfaction between two groups. The cognitive/exercise dual-task program was an effective intervention for improving cognitive function, health status, and life satisfaction, and for decreasing depression of the elderly living in the community. Health care providers need to pay attention to cognitive/exercise dual-task programs for elderly living in the community.

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Effects of Cognitive/Exercise Dual-Task Program on the Cognitive Function, Health Status, Depression, and Life Satisfaction of the Elderly Living in the Community

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“…Exercising is a non-pharmacological strategy that may help in protecting against cognitive decline and decrease the risk of AD [ 39 ]. PE helps stabilize and improve the cognitive function in AD patients and reduces and delays the onset of severe neuro-psychiatric symptoms like apathy, confusion, and depression [ 40 ]. Exercise has also been shown to induce anti-inflammatory effects [ 41 ] and neurotrophic factors [ 42 ].…”

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Possible Neuroprotective Mechanisms of Physical Exercise in Neurodegeneration

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Lee

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Physical exercise (PE) improves physical performance, mental status, general health, and well-being. It does so by affecting many mechanisms at the cellular and molecular level. PE is beneficial for people suffering from neuro-degenerative diseases because it improves the production of neurotrophic factors, neurotransmitters, and hormones. PE promotes neuronal survival and neuroplasticity and also optimizes neuroendocrine and physiological responses to psychosocial and physical stress. PE sensitizes the parasympathetic nervous system (PNS), Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) and central nervous system (CNS) by promoting many processes such as synaptic plasticity, neurogenesis, angiogenesis, and autophagy. Overall, it carries out many protective and preventive activities such as improvements in memory, cognition, sleep and mood; growth of new blood vessels in nervous system; and the reduction of stress, anxiety, neuro-inflammation, and insulin resistance. In the present work, the protective effects of PE were overviewed. Suitable examples from the current research work in this context are also given in the article.

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“…With the continuous improvement of material living standards and technological advancements, contemporary college students have shown a declining annual trend in terms of exercise. Since physical activity influences psychological health, [68][69][70][71] physical education at universities should focus on improving students' physical condition. In addition, the total and individual factor scores of healthpromoting lifestyles were negatively correlated with depression and depression trends (p<0.01), which is consistent with the results of a foreign study, that is, healthy behaviour is related to depression, although the scale used was different.…”

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Depression and its correlation with social support and health-promoting lifestyles among Chinese university students: a cross-sectional study

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ObjectivesTo investigate the prevalence of depression in college students and determine how social support and healthy lifestyle factors are associated with depression in this population.DesignA cross-sectional design.SettingA comprehensive university in Changsha, Hunan, South China. The study was conducted from May to June 2019.ParticipantsA total of 541 students at the comprehensive university.Primary and secondary outcome measuresThe Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale, Social Support Rating Scale and Health-Promoting Lifestyle Profile-II (HPLP-II) were used to evaluate depression, social support and lifestyles, respectively, and analyse the mutual relationships among them.ResultsAmong the 541 participants, 161 (29.8%) experienced depressive symptoms, and there were significant gender-related and academic discipline-related differences in self-rated depression. The average social support score was 38.06 (38.06±7.52). The average HPLP-II score was 71.09 (71.09±11.47). A monofactor analysis showed that depression was correlated with social support and a healthy lifestyle. As demonstrated by logistic regression analysis, being a woman (OR=2.613, 95% CI: 1.541 to 4.43), inadequate social support (OR=0.912, 95% CI: 0.877 to 0.948), poor nutrition (OR=0.87, 95% CI: 0.775 to 0.977) and lack of self-actualisation (OR=0.644, 95% CI: 0.572 to 0.724) were significantly correlated with depression.ConclusionsOwing to the high prevalence of depression among Chinese university students, educational institutions must take measures such as providing compulsory mental health education courses and improving the psychological counselling services available to students.

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The effect of physical activity on dementia

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Effects of Cognitive/Exercise Dual-Task Program on the Cognitive Function, Health Status, Depression, and Life Satisfaction of the Elderly Living in the Community

Effects of Cognitive/Exercise Dual-Task Program on the Cognitive Function, Health Status, Depression, and Life Satisfaction of the Elderly Living in the Community

Possible Neuroprotective Mechanisms of Physical Exercise in Neurodegeneration

Depression and its correlation with social support and health-promoting lifestyles among Chinese university students: a cross-sectional study

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